When consternation turns the good man pale ? Great day ! for which all other days were made ; For which earth rose from chaos, man from earth ; And an eternity, the date of gods, Descended on poor earth-created man ! Great day of dread, decision, and... The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts - Seite 118von Edward Young - 1802 - 383 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| James Hervey - 1856 - 396 Seiten
...without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed. MILTON. • Great day of dread, decision, and despair ! At thought...thee, each sublunary wish Lets go its eager grasp, and quits the world. having his will for thy rule, his glory for thy aim, and his Holy Spirit for thy ever... | |
| Eleazer Smith - 1856 - 300 Seiten
...the thought, the judge is at the door ; and this will regulate our worldly desires and pursuits. " Great day of dread decision and despair, At thought...thee each sublunary wish, Lets go its eager grasp, drops the poor world, And catches at each reed of hope in heaven." CONCLUSION. THIS day closes my ministry... | |
| John Milton - 1860 - 574 Seiten
...which all other days were miute; For which earth rose from ctuoa, man from eartll And an eternity, the date of gods, Descended on poor earth-created...decision, and despair! At thought of thee each sublunary wuh Lets go Us eager graup, and drops the world, And catches at *ach reed of hope in Heaven. At thought... | |
| 1861 - 356 Seiten
...aghast, And Creation at the blast Rise to answer for the past! From "Die.1 Jr,z," WILLIAMS'S Translation. Great day of dread, decision, and despair! At thought...world, And catches at each reed of hope in heaven. YOuxo. Man, starting from his couch, shall sleep no more! The day is broke which never more shall close!... | |
| Methodist preachers - 1866 - 332 Seiten
...that death should be the terrible aversion of such.* For, O eternity ! thou pleasing dreadful thing, " At thought of thee, each sublunary wish Lets go its eager grasp, and drops the world." And in the just approaching prospect of this, to know not whither one is going ; to take a leap in the... | |
| 1867 - 556 Seiten
...days were made; For which earth rose from chao«, man from earth And an eternity, the date of gode, Descended on poor earth-created man ! Great day of...Heaven. At thought of thee ! and art thou absent then 1 Lorenzo ! no ; 'tis here ; — it is begun : — Already is begun the grand assize, In thee, in all... | |
| Lucy Pauline Wright Hobart - 1867 - 534 Seiten
...for which all other days were made, For which carth rose from chaos, man from earth, And an Eternity, the date of gods, Descended on poor earth-created...world, And catches at each reed of hope in Heaven. Angels, whose radiant circles, height o'er height, Order o'er order, rising blaze o'er blaze, As in... | |
| John W. Harsha - 1870 - 516 Seiten
...which all other days were made ; For which earth rose from chaos, man from earth ; And an eternity, the date of gods,' Descended on poor earth-created...world, And catches at each reed of hope in Heaven. Thrice happy they ! that enter now the court Heav'n opens in their bosoms." This world is supposed... | |
| 1872 - 710 Seiten
...which all other days were made ; [earth ; For which earth rose from chaos, man from And an eternity, Like gentle breaths from rivers pure, thence At least... ـ 0 꽀 0 D 0 "2 1872 Already is begun the grand assize In thee, in all. Deputed conscience scales The dread tribunal, and... | |
| Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 Seiten
...which all other days were made ; For which earth rose from chaos, man from earth ; And an eternity, ickinson thce, each sublunary wish Lets go its eager grasp and drops the world ; And catches at each reed of... | |
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